Fun Fact: In 2007 the Ottawa Bluesfest was moved to LeBreton Flats Park, a change from Festival Plaza in 2006. The new site offered five stages in and around the Canadian War Museum. This was the first year the stage set-up featured twin main stages, similar to Osheaga, which allowed audiences to transfer between headlining acts.

Fun Fact: This was one of Kanye West’s only tour performances in North America in 2015. The schedule had a back to back performance of Chance The Rapper and Kanye West to close out July 10th. ‘Ye said during his performance that Chance the Rapper was “one of the most talented young new artists.” Chance The Rapper would go on to collab with Kanye on his The Life of Pablo album.

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Founded in Ottawa, Canada in 2011 by Aaron Nilsen, the Nilsen Report has grown to become a globally known sports and pop culture website, indexed by Google News. Over the years we have covered a variety of high profile events that have included the Ottawa Bluesfest, Much Music Video Awards, Juno Awards, Canadian Screen Awards and WayHome Music Festival.